New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Rorvn ARoIrr TO MOSCOW. An Epicurean Journey.
BY JOHN BELL BoUroN 12mo. PIP Kill AL d. Ap-
pieton 20.
Mr.. Bouton's Roundabout Journey took him over
many parts of Europe frequentcd by tourists; but
although he followed q well-worn track aud had no
surpris ng ad ventures he has succeeded in making
q lively IL not always novel story. his oooA
shows how easy it is to give fresh interest 70 an ou
route provided the traveller has in himseii INC
canacity for entertainment Mr. Bouton's strongest
characteristic is good humor lie enjoys every
thing; he laughs at petty discomforts; ne accom-
modates himself at once to strange customs; no 10
on tho best of terms with all the world; he sees
nothing but what is bright and pleasant lie does
not bear the least resemblance to the rhapsod'sts
who used to fatigue us with their impressions OF
Europe. for he has not spark of sentiment, and he
treats the conventional objects of interest Win
truly American independence lie is merely
cheerful companion whose optimism is perhaps
excessive but whose temper 10 certainly agreeaDe.
Such a traveller does not look below the surface
of society, and we should not turn to him for any
solid instruction; but then solid instruction Is
nrobably the last thing Mr. BoutOn wishes to offer
US
AN INDEX TO THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE BY
EvANGELiNE NJ OCoNNoR l2mo PIP VIZ 4l9. ID.
Appleton Co.
This book Is not easily described. aud even the
long title, of which we have cited only the first
words, fails TO doine its plan. Perhaps we should
not GO far wrong if We said that it did not conform
strictly to any plan and all the better for lts
,rregularity. 1t is alphabetical index ~ 10 the
plays. with an account nnder each OF Its hlstory'
sources scene of action, etc.; (2 TO all the charac
ters in the plays, with reference to the passages
whore they arc first introduced and more or less
ample notices of their part in the plot and their
leading traits; (3) to the personages, HISTORICAL
legendary, or imaginary. who are mentioned In the
text without figuring IN the dranatis persona; (4)
to rlaccs mentioned In the plays t5l to the poems;
and (8) TO numerous words phrases, allnsons
ouotations. etc.. which seem to the compiler worth
including IN such a dictionary. 1t is in this last
class of entries that the scheme of the work seems
arbitrary as there is rule by which to decide
whether a word should be entered or not. his
however, is not q serious DEFECT 90 long as the
selection is governed by common sense, and upon
the whple the work does appear to be reason
ably we'll Done Nobody will find all that be can
fairly look for; everybody will find much that IS
superiluous. but the book nevertheless, Will DO
Of great use and in the department of proper names
it is especially valuable.
NATURAL LAW IN THE BUSINESS WORLD By
HENRY WOOD 16mo. pp 222. Lee Shepard
Mr.. Wood exposes great many fallacies of the
so-called labor reformers with clearness, brevity,
ana gOOu temper, III tuo pOisVuS WYNN ~
addresses we're in the habit of reading sensible
books his little publication would undoubtedly do
good He breaches novel theories his merit Is
that he states facts with precision, and argues
with convincing force on familiar lines. and that
his thought is so exact and his manner SO simple
that it is hardly possible not to understand him.
He believes that the best solution of our present
difficulties is to be found in system OF profit
sharing; and he has wholesome distrust of extra
legislation for the control of economical relations
which, in spite of all that legislatures may do are
inevitably governed by natural laws.
STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS HISTORY. By ERNEST Re-
Crown svo. PIP 4Sl. scrbner Wexford.
The work of which neat English edition is now
put upon the market Is we'll known, having been
first published in 1884. Its most important contents
are the two elaborate papers on Buddhism, and
group of essays On certain religious reform move
ments of the Middle Ages; but in some shorter
papers and incidentally throughout the volume
n. Renan touches also upon the religious questions
of the present day. The essays are very strongly
marked by traits which have attracted for him a
steange medley of interested readers-audacity and
even dogmatism in disbelief, coupled with an
almost feminine type of religious sentmer talisn.
great deal of the beauty of the eiye has been
saved in the fluent translation.